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#EAA4E1 — Light Pink

#EAA4E1 is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #EAA4E1 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EAA4E1 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A4EAAD; it also sits naturally between #D0A4EA and #EAA4BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAA4E1 · RGB 234, 164, 225

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Color values

HEX#EAA4E1
RGB234, 164, 225
HSL308°, 62%, 78%
HSV308°, 30%, 92%
CMYK0%, 30%, 4%, 8%
XYZ60.80, 49.48, 77.58
Yxy49.48, 0.3236, 0.2634
CIE-Lab75.75, 35.34, -20.45
Hunter Lab70.34, 35.50, -20.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 64% · Blue 88%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 4% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EAA4E1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAA4E1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAA4E1

.text { color: #EAA4E1; }
.background { background-color: #EAA4E1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAA4E1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 164, 225); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(308, 62%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAA4E1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 164, 225, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAA4E1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 164, 225, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAA4E1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAA4E1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAA4E1

#E387D7#DB66CC#D449C2#C62FB2#A92898#8C217E#6B1960#4E1246#2D0B29#11040F

Tints of #EAA4E1

#ECACE3#EEB5E6#EFB9E7#F0C1EA#F2C9ED#F4D2F0#F6DAF2#F7DEF4#F9E6F7#FBEEF9

Tones of #EAA4E1

#E5A9DD#E0AED9#DBB3D5#D6B8D2#D1BDCE#CCC2CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4EAAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAA4E1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAA4E1

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EAA4E1: ·

How #EAA4E1 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CCCBD2Deuteranopia · #D0D5CFTritanopia · #E6C7C4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAA4E1 rather than the exact color:

Golden Voyage
#ECA2DF · #E77ED4 · #9C2186 · #601052
Palette D3f4ff
#D3F4FF · #B2DFFB · #E7A4E4 · #FFC55C
Royal Horizon
#3C289A · #8136CB · #CD7EDE · #E9A9E0
Burning Harbor
#1C781A · #7BDA58 · #D243D6 · #E5A7DD
Gentle Ruby Whisper
#179721 · #40E241 · #E65BDB · #EA9EE9
Lucky Whisper
#24BE2F · #68E275 · #D72DCB · #E59CDC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ECA2DF#E7A4E4#E9A9E0#E5A7DD#EA9EE9#E59CDC#F2A4EA#ED9ED6#EEA1ED#E59BE9#F1A4D5#E9B1E7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAA4E0  ·  #EAA4E2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAA4E1?

#EAA4E1 is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 164, 225). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAA4E1?

#EAA4E1 is RGB 234, 164, 225 — HSL 308°, 62%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 4%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAA4E1?

Its complement is #A4EAAD; analogous partners are #D0A4EA and #EAA4BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAA4E1 for text?

Black text on #EAA4E1 has a contrast ratio of 10.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.